The influence of virtual human model appearance on visual ergonomics posture evaluation

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 713-722

  Lämkull, Dan ^a,b   Hanson, Lars ^c   Örtengren, Roland ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ergonomics visualization; Manikin appearance; Virtual manufacturing

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ERGONOMICS VISUALIZATION; HUMAN MODELLING TOOLS; POSTURE EVALUATION; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAR; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGER; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34347358501     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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